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We would like to welcome everyone back to the new school year and a special welcome to the new parents joining the school.
We hope all the boys and girls have settled back in nicely. It’s going to be another fun & exciting year with all our events and new plans!!!
We would like to bring your attention to a very important event coming up:

Please note:As the majority of the committee members are leaving this year, your Parents Association needs you!

The following is just a brief idea as to what is involved with being a member:
– One evening a month for meetings
– Willing to help with organising the fun activities for the boys and girls
– Helping to support the school social events
– Enthusiasm and a team player

The JPA raises approximately €10,000 per annum which is shared between the schools.

The Annual JPA SCHOOL CALENDAR is in final stages of preparation. If you would like to advertise we have limited availability for the last few remaining ads on a first come first served basis. Ads need to be emailed in High resolution pdf format by next Thursday 9th November @5pm. Queries to Brianan at jpaconnect@gmail.com

Hello from the Johnstown Parents Association and welcome to our first newsletter.
We hope all the boys and girls have settled back into school.
It’s going to be another fun & exciting year with all our events and new plans!!!

We hope you can join us while we review our activities in 2016/2017 and look to elect a committee for
2017/2018. We would particularly like to meet you if you are interested in joining us or have any useful comments or suggestions to help us in the coming year.

Family Subscription.
The Parents’ Association works to help the school to enrich your child’s educational experience. It also aims to promote the school community by organising activities throughout the year.
Last year we put on some wonderful events and had several highlights through the year… The Mid-Term Madness Raffle, Table Quizzes, Easter Art Competition, Ice Cream Day to name but a few.

Your contribution is highly valued and allows the Parents’ Association to complete this important work. The subscription is €10 per family but whatever you can afford will be much appreciated.
An envelope has been provided so please use that to return your donation to the school where it will be collected or if you prefer to pay electronically, please use the following details:

BIC: ULSB IE 2DIBAN: IE59 ULSB 9859 5076 1833 69

2018 Calendar
We hope you all agree that the changes made to our calendar for 2017 were a big improvement and it looked really great. We are in the process of organising a printer and photographer for our 2018 calendar and are expecting that the photographs of each class will be taken week commending October 23rd.

The themes for each class are as follows:

Class / Theme

Junior Infants: Princess/Superheroes

Senior Infants: Valentines

First Class: Halloween

Second Class: St Patricks Day The Meadow Easter

Third Class: Christmas

Fourth Class: Happy New Year

Fifth Class: Sports Jerseys

Sixth Class: Crazy Hair

Table Quiz
Save the date! Our next table quiz will be on Friday 17th November. We will issue details regarding tickets in the coming weeks.

Get In Touch
If you would like to get in touch with the JPA, you can contact us by email directly at jpaconnect@gmail.com, or through our website, www.jpaconnect.com. Please don’t forget to sign up to our website and Facebook page for updates and list of events! Look us up on twitter, too!

If you wish to be added to your class WhatsApp group please drop us an email and we can get you added or signed up for text/email only.

Many thanks to all those who have already purchased a school calendar and for the wonderful feedback. We still have some available for those who haven’t got one yet. You can send in €10 with a clearly marked envelope and we’ll have them back to you within a day.

Save the Date!

This years “Big Night Out” will be on Friday 27 th January in the function rooms upstairs in the Graduate.

Facebook.

To keep up with school news and events you can also follow on our new Facebook page !

Minutes of the AGM of the JPA held at The Girls School Hall on the 14th September, 2016 at 7p.m.

The Chairman addressed the meeting thanking the JPA, school staff and parents for their support. It was noted that although the attendance was good in comparison to other years it was low in proportion to the numbers of pupils.

The income and expenses of JPA were distributed and reviewed with a combined contribution of €8,000 being made and donated to the schools.

6th Class Social

This is confirmed as taking place in the Boys school hall from 8-10pm on Thursday 30th June

The committee elections took place with the following members being elected;

James Dunne as Chairman

Natalie Greenan as Secretary

Lynn Lawlor was as Treasurer

David Horan as co-treasurer

Emer Fitzgerald as vice-chairperson (in her absence)

Brianan Byrne

Elaine Murray

Lynne Murto

Bernadette Cummins

Edwina Mullan

Alison Kearney

Caroline Vance

Paula Koechlin

Stefan Teehan

It was noted that the constitution only allows 10 committee members but that this could and should be amended.

Carolann Kestell and Alan Brady stood down as Committee members. Their contribution was noted and much appreciated.

Joe Garde volunteered to help re-vamp the JPA website and his help was gratefully accepted.

Some parents had questions for the principals who undertook to reply to any queries directly.

The first JPA meeting was arranged (post AGM) for Wednesday 21st September at 8.15pm at the Boys School.